Sony Ericsson Xperia Play review: Video

With a five-megapixel camera and a 1GHz processor, we'd have hoped Xperia Play would be shooting HD video. The highest quality setting, however, is 800 x 480 at 30fps. You can also shoot at medium and low quality settings, plus there's an option for YouTube-optimised video.

There's a video light if you need it, but it's found under a section called flash mode, which seems sloppy. You can also apply Mono, Sepia, Negative and Solarize colour effects and tweak white balance. Again, we could find no way of zooming.

The first clip shows how the Xperia Play handles transitions from dark places to light ones. Our transition was at a fairly gentle walking pace, but the phone seems to be constantly searching for the right exposure.

The detail in the second clip's panning shot is a little bit lacking, but there's no stuttering from the phone, which is good.

Our, ahem, moving subject in the third clip turned out fine but there's a definite lack of definition in the grassy areas.

Faster movers, such as the cars in the last clip, seem to really tax the phone, though, which is a shame.

Need a super efficient, full-featured smartphone with Facebook inside Xperia? And what if it also had real game controls? You got it. The Xperia™ PLAY. A PlayStation certified Android smartphone that lets you immerse yourself in the games you want.

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Never get lost again. Explore cities and sights with 3D maps. Use Google Voice Search to call, text and more. With your Xperia PLAY Android mobile, there's no need to type. Just speak. Want more? Get the apps you need from Android Market.

"So, is this the PlayStation phone?"

Once a fantasy. Now a reality. The first PlayStation Certified Android smartphone gives you incredible graphics, great sound and real game controller. This phone is not actually named "the PlayStation™ phone" though - we call it Xperia PLAY.